The Week in Geekery

By John Farrier in Art, Film, Video Clips on Jan 5, 2010 at 7:29 am

Here at Neatorama, we’re always looking for ways to make our site more entertaining, which is why I found this recent comment by giltwist useful:

Neatorama’s biggest strength and biggest weakness is that there is no specialization to the stories. I think you might attract more users if there was something, anything that was a Neatorama staple that made me check back looking for particular weekly columns. The closest to that you have right now are those bathroom reader things, and those are pretty hit-or-miss for me. What ever became of Miss Celania’s video blogging? I remember the raisin milkshake then nothing.

We aim to please, which is why Alex has graciously allowed me to experiment with this post: a weekly tour of interesting tidbits in geek culture. Do you like it? Would you like to see more? Share your feedback in the comments.

1. Star Wars With a Laugh Track


(YouTube Link)

YouTube user CaptainChirac added a laugh track to the Luke/Vader confrontation scene in The Empire Strikes Back to turn this dramatic epic into a comedy. (via Topless Robot)

2. Star Trek Cross-Stitch

Craftster user coincollect408 made this amazing cross-stitch that looks as precise as a low-resolution photograph. (Link via Geek Crafts)

3. Buffy/Twilight Mashup


(YouTube Link)

Buffy thinks of Edward as a creepy stalker rather than as a sultry, romatic figure. (via Jockeystreet)

4. Giant Welded 12-Sided Die

Paul Edward Carson made this huge, welded d12 for those occasions when he needs “to generate a random number between 1 and 12 while destroying my house….” (Link via Make)

5. Superheroes/Dr. Seuss Mashups

Artist Ryan Dunlavey offers these mashups of superhero comics and Dr. Seuss book covers. (Link via io9)

Is this something that you would like to see more of? Let us know — we take your feedback very seriously.


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  1. KDogg
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 8:19 am

    This is the epitime of Neat!! Yes, please keep it up!

  2. Melia
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 9:10 am

    I can see the appeal in a weekly feature-type post here and I, for one, wouldn’t be averse to it. But I’d also like to say that the thing that appeals to me the most about Neatorama is its eclectic, never-know-what-you’re-gonna-get vibe. It’s a bit like an old ‘Emporium’ store that would have everything from ladies finery to post-holers for digging. I just like never knowing what neat thing will show up next.

  3. Miss Cellania
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 9:45 am

    If you must know, the video series was discontinued because very few people liked it. We aim to please!

  4. ukanduit
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 10:03 am

    I would much rather read this kind of thing (its why i started reading this blog in the first place) than Mr. and Mr. @$$ man adopt a leach.

  5. LittleK
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 10:08 am

    Wonderful posting, I would love to see this weekly!

  6. Kev
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Star Wars with a laugh track is just about as awful as I expected! Ever notice how the less funny the show is, the more frequent the canned laughter? With that in mind, it’s totally appropriate on this Star Wars clip!

    I’d love to see regular shows WITHOUT a laugh track, but not just every now and then; all the time. I might watch them more!

    Gad, I hate laugh tracks.

  7. Justin
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    But laugh tracks make everything more funny! Especially when it was as inappropriate as that.

  8. zazie
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    I liked Miss Cellania’s videos, too. I think it’s always cool to see the people behind the blog.

  9. Heroin
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    I give this post two thumbs up and would love to see it continue. :)

  10. Skipweasel
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 3:59 pm

    The d12 is nice – I fancy a go at that if I can persuade the boy to the all the hard sawing.

  11. McFred_
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    “4. Giant Welded 12-Sided Die” I think you meant to write “dice” here. Just putting it out there in case you didn’t notice it.

  12. JustinButNotTHATJustin
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    Die=singular Dice=plural
    It was one of the first lessons when I tutored English as Second Language students by playing board games.

  13. ted
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    Didn’t care for it. The posts with multiple things in them don’t really inspire many comments. Kinda like overload.

  14. A
    Jan 5th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    as i started watching that star wars clip, i was like “meh” until i thought about how bad star wars is and then i joined in the laughter.

  15. Yumemi
    Jan 6th, 2010 at 12:40 am

    YES!
    I love cool glomps of goodness!
    THIS is the cool stuff I save and forward to all my friends and family off neatorama!
    I have faith in you once again!
    Please continue with this!

  16. Bilal
    Jan 6th, 2010 at 10:13 am

    I like it, and there’s something I’d really like to see too, that has been brought to my attention with all these year end lists and decade end lists.

    A weekly (or if there’s not enough stuff) a monthly recap of all that’s new in the world, with link to proper complete articles. But something that points out all the cool things created or found in the world over the last month.

    It would be I suppose more of a science/tech spin, but there are always new creatures too (like the strawberry crab). It would be pretty awesome if there were a repository on a regular basis highlighting all the great things discovered/created in the world.

  17. Jill H
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    I love the post and the idea for more weekly treats John!


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